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Webster 1913 Edition

(yăk′ȧ-rāˊ)

Noun.

[See

Jacare

(Zool.)

A South American crocodilian (

Jacare sclerops

) resembling the alligator in size and habits. The eye orbits are connected together, and surrounded by prominent bony ridges. Called also

spectacled alligator

, and

spectacled cayman

[Written also

jacare

☞ The name is also applied to allied species.

See also: yacaré

yacare ‎(plural yacares)

A caiman; a kind of alligator.
- 1859, Cassell's popular natural history (page 24)
  The yacare is not found farther south than the 32nd degree of south latitude. In its habit completely aquatic; and is never found excepting in the water or on the bank.